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Bakers Delight

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Australian bakery chain franchise

Bakers Delight is an Australian-owned multinational bakery franchise chain, with franchisors in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. There are over 700 stores worldwide, with Australia having over 500 stores.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1980Founded1
  • Industryretail1
  • HeadquartersCamberwell1
  • Websitewww.bakersdelight.com.au
  • Legal formLimited Partnership3
  • Kind of organizationLimited partnership1
  • LEI549300G2NHD8YJKVVO173
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressLevel 1,293 Camberwell Road,Camberwell, 3124 Melbourne, Australia3
  • Registered withThe Australian Securities and Investment Commission, 052 528 2023

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Baker's delight
Photo: Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Bakers Delight is an Australian-owned multinational bakery franchise chain, with franchisors in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. There are over 700 stores worldwide, with Australia having over 500 stores.2

Corporate structure

Bakers Delight sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Bakers Delight Melbourne, Australia
    • COBS Bread Subsidiary · Canada

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Bakers Delight was established on 1 May 1980 by Roger and Lesley Gillespie. Lesley and Roger, a third-generation baker, opened a single bakery on Glenferrie Road in Hawthorn, Victoria.

In 1995, the franchise opened their first international bakery in Auckland, New Zealand. Today, there are 19 bakeries in New Zealand.

Bakers Delight entered the Canadian market in 2003, under the name COBS Bread, and now has over 140 bakeries in five provinces and five bakeries in the US.

In 2017, Roger and Lesley Gillespie took a step back from the business and appointed their daughter Elise Gillespie and her husband David Christie as joint CEOs.

Bakers Delight now operates over 700 bakeries globally.

From Wikipedia’s article on Bakers Delight, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Products and brands

  • bread
  • pastry

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • COBS Bread

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1980Founded Founded1

Sources

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